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Birdman is an ambitious film with great performances and excellent camera-work. The movie revolves around an actor, who famously portrayed a superhero(funnily enough, Keaton acted as Batman in the 90s), struggling to make it in the theatre world. What's fascinating about the movie is that you feel as if the movie is taken in 1 take, not kidding, 1 take. There are no cuts, no edits, as you continue to track all the actors from day to night and back to day. Editing is little rough, but the camera-work is superb and so is the performances. Keaton delivers one of his best and honest performances, and I wont be surprised if he gets an Oscar nomination. Definitely worth a look.

Jake Gyllenhaal is a horrifying genius in Nightcrawler. First time director Dan Gilroy really knows how to make his audience question our morals. A must see.

Nightcrawler is a well told story, well directed and an overall good film. Jake Gyllenhaal should undoubtedly get an Oscar nod for his role in this film. Music score is brilliant and questionable at times and dilutes the quality of some scenes. The ending is also a little unsatisfying and I feel as though this film should've either ended a scene or two earlier or that an extra scene should've been added afterwards. Regardless the flaws are overlook-able and this film will definitely be considered for a few Oscar nods if not receive them. 4/5: Good.